Bill Text: NY A00553 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires landlords to allow for the estate of a deceased tenant to enter the property for sixty days following the death of the tenant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to housing [A00553 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00553-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           553

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Housing

        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation  to  requiring  land-
          lords  to allow for the estate of a deceased tenant to enter the prop-
          erty for sixty days following the death of the tenant

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  real property law is amended by adding a new section
     2  232-d to read as follows:
     3    § 232-d. Sixty day period to access deceased tenant's rented property.
     4  A landlord shall allow for access to a deceased tenant's rented property
     5  by the tenant's family or friends for sixty days following the death  of
     6  the  tenant.  The  estate of the tenant shall be liable for rent due for
     7  the sixty day period, unless an agreement either express or  implied  is
     8  made providing otherwise.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00737-01-3